According to Ken's book Thomas of 1760 was the son of Thomas Durham and Margaret "Peggy"Lindsey. I suppose this is possible, but the dates I have for their ages would make them 64 and 50 when he was born. I feel he is their grandson. THOMAS DURHAM b 1760 NC d Oct. 4 1823 Smith Co.,Tn. married 1780 to REBECCA ALLEN b 1762 NC, daughter of Thomas Allen d May 2 1827 Smith Co., Tn. Children --------------------------------------------------- M 1 JEPTHAH b1780 Rowan Co,NC m. Martha Reasonover Dec 29,1798 M 2 THOMAS (my line) b July 8 1782 Rowan Co,NC d 1856 DeKalb Co Tn M Nov 2 1802 Rowan Co., NC Sally Haden wife #2 Elizabeth Chiles Johnson F 3 JERUSHA b 1784 Rowan Co.NC m Charles McCullah F 4 CANDACE b 1786 Rowan Co, NC m ? Hall Had a daughter Rebecca Hall raised by her sister Jerusha. Rebecca married Dr.Richard Blythe and had Rebecca & Jimmie. M 5 LEVI A b 1788 Rowan Co, NC. d Dec 6 1849 Texas, Tyler Co. m Elizabeth ? M 6 NAPHTHALI b between 1780-1790 d between 1830-1840 m Jane Reasonover before 1802 M 7 ELIAS b 1792 Rowan Co, NC. d between 1830-1840 F 8 REBECCA b Dec 12 1794 Rowan Co,NC d 1859 m 1816 Joseph Haden lll ( Sally's brother) M 9 Joab b ? M 10 Gabriel b 1795 d 1813 Thomas Durham-Rebecca Thomas was a Baptist minister and associated with several churches in N.C. and TN. His son Levi was a Baptist minister. He moved to Mississippi, and then to Texas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THOMAS DURHAM Jr.-SALLY HADEN __________________________________ THOMAS b Aug 7 1783 Rowan Co,NC d 1856 DeKalb Co,TN m Nov 2 1802 Rowan Co, NC to Sarah Ann "SALLY" HADEN b Nov 16 1783 Rowan Co d after 1812 Sally was the daughter of Joseph Haden,Jr and Jane "Jenny" Haden Children ------------------------------------------------------ F 1 NANCY b Sept 3 1803 NC died young M 2 JOSEPH HADEN b Sept 3 1805 Rowan Co, NC d after 1864 Smith Co, Tn m May 18 1832 to MATILDA NICHOLS daughter of Capt. Matthew Nichols and Polly Warren M 3 NAPATHALY HADEN b Jun 6 1807 died young F 4 ASENITHA b Mar 28 1809 Nc never married M 5 THOMAS ALLEN b Oct 9 1812 NC d Feb 2 1879 m Mariah Nichols Apr 24 1832 sister f Matilda F 6 THERESA HADEN died young ------------------------------------------------- # 2 wife of Thomas -Elizabeth Chiles Johnson daughter of Allen Johnson and Mary "Polly" Hutchinson Thomas-Elizabeth marr.Apr 30 1816 Rutherford Co,Tn children are: F 1 Sarah J b Feb 11 1817 Warren Co Tn d Jun 6 1846 F 2 Mary B b Sept 8 1820 Warren Co Tn d ? Marr. John E Donnell (2) Lias Barbee F 3 Susan Frances b Nov22 1822 d Sept 1853 marr. Lucian F Sullivan No children F 4 JERUSHA CANDANCE b Feb 21 1825 Warren Co, Tn d Aug 17 1880 DeKalb Co, Tn Marr. James Russell Tompkins Mar 31 1846 M 5 James A b 1827 d 1858 marr. Ruth Ann Wynns Nov 29 1852 F 6 Elizabeth "Betty" b ? d ? Marr. Dr. Isaac N Gowan Oci 22 1846 F 7 Caroline Virginia b 1834 d ? Mar. John Donnell Dec 26 1852 F 8 Jane Rose b Nov 24 1837 DeKalb Co D 1861 DeKalb Co. Tn Mar. Edward Nathan Trail Jul 8 1858 Two other possible children Cenith b 1820 ans Etheldred b Aug 10 1818 d July 3 1819 .............................................................. -------------------------------------------------------- JOSEPH HADEN & Matilda H Nichols Durham ------------------------------------------------------ JOSEPH b SEPT 3 1805 Rowan Co.,N.C. d after 1864 m May 18 1932 Matilda H Nichols b bet. 1806-1814 d ? _________________________________ children --------------------------------- M 1 THOMAS MATTHEW b 1835 died Nov 26 1864 of smallpox in Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill A confederate soldier Ward's 9th Calvary, later the 15th Tennessee m. Martha Harris Witt Dec26 1859 M 2 LEVI A b 1839 d 1850 M 3 JAMES AMERICUS b Feb 9 1841 d July 3 1910 Smith Co, Tn m Frances Elizabeth Perkins Jun 6 1861 this is my direct line, James was in the 28th Tenn. Inf. was discharged in Vicksburg,Ms, due to heat stroke. He was a Country Doctor, Methodist Minister and Postmaster of Stonewall, Smith Co., Tn M 4 WARREN N b 1843 d ? married to Barbara Armstead Aug 8, 1870 M 5 WILLIAM b 1847 d ? ----------------------------------------------------- THOMAS ALLEN & MARIAH NICHOLS DURHAM Thomas Allen b Oct 9 1812 d Feb 24 1832 mar. Apr 24 1832 Mariah Nichols b 1818 daughter of Capt. matthew Nichols and Polly? sister of Matilda who married Thomas' brother Joseph. children M 1 Thomas J b Feb 11 1834 d bef 1914 DeKalb Co, Tn married Malissa Jane Hale Dec 18 1856 Smith Co Tn F 2 Elizabeth P b 1843 DeKalb Co Tn M 3 Matthew J b abt 1851 " M 4 Haden J b abt 1853 " THOMAS J & MALISSA JANE HALE DURHAM children M 1 Alex Eledreth b Jan 3 1858 Smith Co TN mar. Eliza Winchester F 2 Rosa Jesstiner b Mar 30 1859 " mar Frances Stevens Jn 13 1877 F 3 Mariah Elizabeth "Bettie" b Feb 6 1862 mar.W.Columbus Griffith Apr 9 1880 F 4 Lou Ann b Mar 16 1864 mar. ? Reeves M 5 Robert Lee b Mar 20 1867 New Middleton,Tn d. Sept 26 1876 F 6 Emma b Jan 9 1872 New Middleton, Smith Co, Tn d Jul 3 1957 Beaumont, Tx mar Levander Denton Jones Mar 19 1889 in Nashville, Tn b Mar 10 1869 Smithville, Tn d May 31 1945 Waco,Tx ------------------------------------------------------ JAMES AMERICUS & Frances Perkins Durham ------------------------------------------------------ JAMES Americus b Feb 9 1841 DeKalb Co,Tn. d July 3 1910 m Jun 6 1861 FRANCES ELIZABETH PERKINS b Sept 5 1845 Smith Co,TN d Jun 19 1915 Smith Co,TN daughter of Henry Jefferson Perkins & Araminta Cheek Boulton James and Frances are my ggrandparents ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Children ------------------------------------------------------ M 1 JAMES P b Apr 30 1862 d ? m Ella Mince moved to Ft. Smith ,Ark. M 2 HENERY JEFFERSON b Jan 14 1864 d Feb 16 1864 M 3 FELIX FRANKLIN b Oct 25 1865 d Jan 29 1938 m #1 Ella Mundy #2 Samantha Mundy M 4 WARREN DAVIDSON HADEN b Dec 26 1867 d Oct 24 1944 m #1 Mary A King #2 Sallie McGee M 5 ROBERT LEE b Mar 6 1870 d July 18 1954 m #1 Nettie Kemp, sister of Charlie F. #2 Sarah A Dillard M 6 LEMUEL MATTHEW b Sept 5 1872 d ? m Hattie Duke Aug 9 1899 M 7 JOHN HADEN "Johnny" b Jun 17 1877 d July 7 1877 M 8 WILLIAM HERMAN b May 8 1874 d Nov 14 1940 m #1 Charlie Florence Kemp #2 Gossie Hudson William H & Charlie are my grandparents Charlie F Kemp was the daughter of Harvey Kemp & Jane Russell Kemp F 9 FANNIE BETTIE b Oct 17 1878 d Mar 2 1962 m Luther Law Dec 30 1894 Bettie & Luther moved from Tennessee to Ft. Worth, Texas F 10 MARY LENA b Jun 16 1881 d Dec 22 1953 m Claude Winston Duke Dec 24 1899 M 11 WILBURN ADRIAN b Mar 29 1885 d Oct 13 1960 m 1 Susan Ashley 2 Ella Rena Roberson M 12 BENTON MCMILLAN b Mar 29 1890 d July 1 1961 m Mar 5 1918 to Florence Burton -------------------------------------------------- James A and Frances moved to Ft. Smith, Ark between 1879-1881 and then back to Smith Co, Tn. All their children except Mary Lena were born in TN. Mary in Ft. Smith ----------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- Thomas Matthew Durham-Martha Harris Witt ----------------------------------------------------- Thomas Matthew b 1835 d 1864 Thomas was a POW at Camp Douglas during the Civil War He died there of Smallpox on Nov. 26 1864. Burial at Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago, Ill . His name is one of the many inscribed on a Confederate Monument at the Confederate Mound site. married 1859 to Martha Harris Witt b 1835 d after 1905 ----------------------------------------------------- Children ----------------------------------------------------- F 1 Matilda (Mattie) b 1860 Smith Co.,Tn d 1939 never married F 2 Alcinda b Nov 16 1861 Smith C o.,Tn d Apr 7 1900 Nashville, Tn Married 1889 to William Chatham ----------------------------------------------------- Alcinda Durham & William Chatham ----------------------------------------------------- William was a Boilermaker, business on 2nd Ave. So. in Nashville Tennessee. ----------------------------------------------------- Children ----------------------------------------------------- M 1 Walter b Jan 1891 d Apr 1891 F 2 Mattie Lee b 1893 d 1982 never maried Mattie was principal of Howard Jr High School and director of the Upper Room Fellowship in Nashville. She had in her possession 26 letters her grandfather Thomas had written to his family during his captivity at Camp Douglas, Ill. She (after death) donated the letters to the Tennessee Historical Society . They are now stored at the Tennessee Archives. Thanks to her efforts copies of these letters are now a part of the Durham family genealogy data. M 3 Roscoe b 1895 d Nv 7 1900 M 4 William b 1899 ----------------------------------------------------- Hopefully I can bridge the gap in the Thomas Durham- Rebecca Allen & Thomas Durham- Margaret Peggy Lindsey line. line